ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2013. Statement of Lorie Chaiten, Reproductive Rights Project Director, ACLU-IL Lorie Chaiten, Reproductive Rights Project Director We are disappointed by the Illinois Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the Parental Notice of Abortion Act. The decision allows a law to go into effect that will jeopardize the health and safety[Read More…]
Opinion
CDC Releases Report on 30-year Low in Youth Homicide Rates
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2013. The homicide rate for youth aged 10 to 24 years in the United States reached a 30-year low in 2010, according to data published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The 30-year low[Read More…]
Voices of Reason Carry the Day at GOP Immigration Caucus
SEIU: “Chanting outside GOP meeting is an echo of the American public’s demand for immigration reform.” WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2013. As hundreds of working families and aspiring Americans rallied for commonsense immigration reform outside of the House GOP caucus meeting, Republican members considered their next steps to respond to America’s[Read More…]
Garment Worker Wages Declined in Majority of Top Apparel-Exporting Countries over the Last Decade, New Study Reveals
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2013. Garment workers in many of the leading apparel-exporting nations not only face not dangerous conditions, such as the recent deadly factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,000 workers, but the inadequate wages they are earning for their long hours of labor have diminished even[Read More…]
Historic, Bipartisan Vote Sends Employment Non-Discrimination Act to the Senate Floor
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2013. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions today adopted the Employment Non-Discrimination Act by a bipartisan vote of 15-7. ENDA would prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in most American workplaces. “Coming on the heels of the landmark Supreme Court marriage[Read More…]
Health Info Exchange: Short-term Growth, But Long-term Concerns
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2013. While record numbers of hospitals and doctors participate in electronic health information exchange efforts, which enable medical histories to follow patients as they move between healthcare providers, the long-term success of these programs is in question. That’s according to a new national survey of health[Read More…]
Job Openings Remain at 3.8 Million in May; Hires and Separations Rates Little Changed
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 9, 2013. There were 3.8 million job openings on the last business day of May, little changed from April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.3 percent) and separations rate (3.2 percent) also were little changed in May. This release includes estimates[Read More…]
Sierra Club Illinois Statement on Chicago Electric Aggregation Deal
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2013. Today, the City of Chicago formally announced its Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) deal, officially moving one of the nation’s largest cities away from coal-fired power. The City of Chicago developed the city’s new electricity mix based on the authority of a voter-approved referendum last fall. Sierra Club[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on Anonymous’ Report on the Corrections Corporation of America
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2013. A report released this morning by Anonymous Analytics concludes that the publicly traded prison operator Corrections Corporation of America is a bad investment for shareholders. Carl Takei, staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project, made the following comments on the report’s release: “The[Read More…]
Nearly a Quarter of Youth Injured in Assaults Possess a Firearm, Study Finds
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 8, 2013. Gun possession among youth is common, and gun violence is the second leading cause of death for all youth in the United States ages 14 to 24. In a study, “Firearm Possession Among Adolescents Presenting to an Urban Emergency Department for Assault,” in the[Read More…]
